We report a real-life example of the benefits resulting from the use of emergency manuals to treat severe bronchospasm.

Organizations that adopt a framework for new ways of thinking are better prepared to face the challenges of today's health care environment.

With great promotions come great challenges. In this satirical parable, a new physician leader discovers a fresh spin on the common business concept of being “overextended.”

Record Year for Health Care Mergers Puts Focus on Physician Leadership:

South Florida Baptist builds a Hilton Hotel on campus, a way to generate revenue from alternative sources related to its health care services.

This article presents some tools to better manage the appointment schedule and improve patient service.

If you are repeatedly running behind schedule or have patients who are arriving late, canceling appointments, or not showing up, there’s a proble...

Curbing special interests’ political influence and redesigning the private market may achieve the goals of maintaining a trusted patient–physician relationship, portability, increased access, reasonable prices, and special attention to the vulnerable...

This article provides a basic overview of risk-adjustment factors and Hierarchal Chronic Conditions and key strategies that practices should consider to ensure a successful transition to risk-based payment models.

This installment, Part II, reminds managers and administrators how to spot scheduling red flags and make changes in staff and technology tools.

Here are four signs that a leader is likely to fail.

Some are pushing back against the grades they receive — even going to court — in an era when appraisal is said to influence revenue.

The authors conducted a case-control study of data concerning acute LBP for female RNs employed in an emergency department in Salento, Italy. We found that the occurrence of acute LBP was related significantly to nightshift work, extended shifts, and...